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Alex Theodoridis is the founder of Tennisportalen in Sweden, where he covers professional tennis as a writer, reporter and podcaster. Alex has covered the Australian Open on site in Melbourne the last four years, along with several other important tournaments around the globe. In this week’s Tennis With An Accent Podcast, Saqib Ali asks Alex […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Alex Theodoridis of Tennisportalen in Sweden appeared first on Radio Influence.

It’s the start of clay season on the ATP Tour. How big a clay season is it? Let’s talk about it as Matt Zemek returns to Tennis With An Accent and joins Saqib Ali to look at the big themes and tension points of the ATP clay season. A central question: How much do Rafael […] The post Tennis With An Accent: The Start Of The ATP’s Clay Season appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Tennis With An Accent, Saqib Ali is joined by Louisa Thomas, a published author and contributing writer at The New Yorker magazine, where she has written about tennis for several years. She had written about tennis at Grantland since 2011 before the website closed down. She and Saqib discuss WTA World No. […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Louisa Thomas of The New Yorker appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Tennis With An Accent, Saqib Ali is joined by TWAA contributor Mert Ertunga to talk about the Miami open. The conversation takes a deep dive into Miami champion Ashleigh Barty’s all around game. Barty uses lot of variety compared to her opponent in the final Kristina Pliskova, according to Mert. It’s a fascinating […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Mert Ertunga Talks The Miami Open appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Tennis With An Accent, Saqib Ali is joined by Michael Gallo, a tennis writer and producer at TSN Canada. During his coverage of tennis through the Canadian prism he has covered the likes of Milos Raonic, Eugenie Bouchard, Denis Shapovalov, Felix Auger-Aliassime and now Bianca Andreescu. Tennis Canada is doing something right at […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Michael Gallo of TSN Canada appeared first on Radio Influence.

This week on Tennis With An Accent, Saqib Ali is joined by Miguel Seabra, who has worn many hats in his tennis career spanning from 1991 to present day. Currently, he works as a broadcaster for Euro Sport and also serves as the media director at the Estoril Open. In his past life, Miguel has […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Miguel Seabra of Euro Sport appeared first on Radio Influence.

Tennis With An Accent covers the global reality of tennis in various accents, and today’s accent is thoroughly Indian. Podcast host Saqib Ali, who grew up in India, talks to the venerable Indian tennis journalist Rohit Brijnath, who writes for The Straits Times in Singapore, at straitstimes.com. Brijnath has covered the Australian Open for the […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Straits Times Writer Rohit Brijnath appeared first on Radio Influence.

Last week, the Tennis With An Accent Podcast provided an in-depth look at a specific aspect of professional tennis: the complicated and tangled world of the challenger circuit and junior tennis. This week, the TWAA Podcast acquires very different dimensions. In a serious but relaxed conversation, host Saqib Ali welcomes TWAA contributor Briana Foust back […] The post Tennis With An Accent: TWAA Contributor Briana Foust appeared first on Radio Influence.

The war between the ITF and the ATP is felt less at the major tournaments than in the lower tiers of professional tennis. This is a very complicated subject, and a single conversation won’t resolve all of its problems, but Tennis With An Accent wants to begin this conversation and continue it over the course […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Tennis Blogger Paul Timmons appeared first on Radio Influence.

Novak Djokovic is the king of men’s tennis after his victory at the Australian Open, and few people do a better job of covering Novak Djokovic than Saša Ozmo of SportKlub in Serbia. Tennis With An Accent welcomes Saša back to our podcast. Saša speaks with Saqib Ali about Djokovic and various other ATP topics […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Saša Ozmo of SportKlub in Serbia appeared first on Radio Influence.

Alex Macpherson, a staff writer for WTATennis.com, joins Saqib Ali to review the women’s Australian Open at Tennis With An Accent. The women’s Australian Open was merely the latest example of something the tennis world has seen a lot over the last two years: The WTA side of a major tournament was much more compelling, […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Alex Macpherson of WTATennis.com Recaps The Australian Open appeared first on Radio Influence.

It’s the second week of a major tournament, the 2019 Australian Open. On the latest Tennis With An Accent Podcast, get perspective from a man who has endured that unique cauldron of pressure. Tim Mayotte made the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1982 and the Australian Open in 1983. He knows what it is like to […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Olympic Silver Medalist & Former Top 10 Player Tim Mayotte appeared first on Radio Influence.

One of the foremost chroniclers of the story of tennis over the past 45 years returns to the Tennis With An Accent Podcast to preview the 2019 Australian Open. Steve Flink is the author of “The Greatest Tennis Matches Of All Time,” a must-have for tennis fans who want to study the history of the […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Reporter/Author Steve Flink appeared first on Radio Influence.

The Tennis With An Accent holiday history series continues. On Christmas Day, we presented a lot of the under-the-radar names and faces from the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. This week, our New Year’s Day tennis history podcast focuses on the classics. Host Saqib Ali welcomes TWAA contributor Andrew Burton for a look at the […] The post Tennis With An Accent: TWAA Contributor Andrew Burton appeared first on Radio Influence.

It is said that the winners write the history books. The Christmas edition of the Tennis With An Accent Podcast tries to study and appreciate tennis history from a different vantage point. We can talk about superstars and icons anytime, but tennis — like any sport — is so much more than the names we […] The post Tennis With An Accent: TWAA Contributor Mert Ertunga appeared first on Radio Influence.

Do you remember television “crossover” episodes when two shows would merge into one during the same week? This week’s Tennis With An Accent Podcast is very much about tennis, but it is also a crossover episode with another Radio Influence podcast. Jim Fannin is a longtime tennis coach who currently works as a consultant to […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Jim Fannin appeared first on Radio Influence.

Saqib Ali interviews the two-time Roland Garros finalist, former Stockholm tournament director, and present-day tennis entrepreneur Robin Soderling about a range of topics. It’s a conversation that die-hard tennis fans will greatly enjoy. Soderling carries special significance in the hearts of modern-day tennis fans, due to his place in history as a player who authored […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Two Time French Open Finalist Robin Soderling appeared first on Radio Influence.

Skip Schwarzman attended the ATP Finals in London last month and filed three stories for Tennis With An Accent. Host Matt Zemek, filling in for Saqib Ali this week, engages Skip in a three-part conversation. Part I: Skip’s up-close observations of the ATP Finals. What is it like to watch a tennis match from the […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Skip Schwarzman appeared first on Radio Influence.

The 2018 tennis season is over but the conversation continues at Tennis With An Accent. Our offseason podcast series begins with a set of reflections. Saqib Ali and Matt Zemek start with the last Davis Cup, which ended in France on Sunday. Croatia captured its second Davis Cup championship, with Marin Cilic winning two matches. […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Davis Cup, Marin Cilic, & More appeared first on Radio Influence.

Australian doubles legend and tennis analyst Mark Woodforde returns to the Tennis With An Accent Podcast. Mark talks to Saqib Ali about numerous topics in a wide-ranging conversation. The discussion begins with an evaluation of London as the site for the ATP Finals. Woodforde speaks from the perspective of a world-class doubles player by emphasizing […] The post Tennis With An Accent: Mark Woodforde Talks ATP Finals, Zverev, & More appeared first on Radio Influence.